Tea or coffee pot.



G. LBPEVRBA TBA OB. COFFEE POT.

\PPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 27. 1s12.

1,053,735, Patentd Feb. 18,1913.

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TBA 0R COFFEE POT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27. 1912,

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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TEA 0R COFFEE POT.

APPLICATION FILED 813N227. 1912.

Feb. 18, 1913.

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GEORGE LEFEVRE, F LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

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To (131 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Liernvnn, a citizen of Canada, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and use fullmprovements in Tea or Coffee Pots, of which the followin is a Specification. My invention re ates to improvements in utensils for makin tea, cofi'ee and other similar bevera es. it is a utensil which can be used for ma ing either tea, cotiee or other bevera e and it is adapted to regulate the strengt of the infusion according to taste.

Another object of my invention is to pro- 5 vide a pot of such character that the liquid contained therein can be discharged without lifting the pot from the stove and the tea or codes container can be readily removed for cleaning. 29 In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation of my device with the carrier down. Fi 2 is an elevation of a smaller container t an the one shown in Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is an elevation. showing; the top open wit.1

the carrier and. container p A down in position to be cleaned or in position for the container to he removed or refilled. Fig. 4 is an elevation showing the carrier and container at their upper position and Fig. 5 is so an elevation showing the container at t eir lowest position. Fig-6, is a partial Sectional plan view on the line XY of Fig. '1. Fig.

7 is a detail of theearrier rod and guide and Fig. 8 is o'detail of the carrier and o the container spring.

1 A represents the body of the pot; B the handle; C the spout and D the cover.

' The body A. is preferably cylindrical and is somewhat enlarged near the top byv an 4.0 enlarged portion 11 of annular form. ody A. may he of square or other horizontal cross section but the vertical walls must be straight.

Spout C extends from near the bottom of body A upward and outward and terminates in'a goose neck 20, the end of which points downward. v

Cover D is hinged at 30 to body A and referably has a catch 31 as is .customary. referably its top is provided with a series of perforations 32 which can be opened or closed lay-means of a rotary cover 33 of a well known type. Thereby air may be admitted to the interior and steam may be permitted to escape.

Extending vertically upward from the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 18, 1913. Application 111m September or, me. Serial No. 722,739.

center of cover D is a tubular guide 40 which may he cylindrical, but is'pref'erably square in cross section. This guide 40 incloses carrier rod 41 to the bottom of which is fixed an imperforate plate which serves as a carrier 42 and is a very little smaller than the interior cross sectional area of body A. To the up or end of rod 41 is attached the cross hand e 43 against which bears the coiled withdrawing spring 44; which passes around carrier rod 41 between the handle 43 and the top of cover D. Guide 40 is pro1 vided with longitudinal slots 45which serve tov guide handle 43 and thereby carrier rod 41. Extending from these slots are a plurality of notches 46 so shaped as to receive f and hold handle 43 if'it is turned into any one of them. Thereby rodl with carrier to can be locked in any one of several 31- 7'5 il bv tions. If they are not locked, they w H normally raised by spring t4 to the top posh tionshowninFigA. v I At the to of carrier pla t'eAQ, I arranges plurality 0 clip springs 50 men each fixedgo at one end and each having ,preferabl hum in the, middle to receive 11 100p 5 the ottoxn of a perforate container These containers, as 53 and 55, we be of different sizes and consist substantially of a 35 box of eriorated metal or of wire auze with a. ingcd top 56 having a catc 57 whereby the interior can be readily reached and the top can belocked shut.

Preferably the carrier plate 42 is provided with a lip which when the carrier is at its lowest point as shown in Fig. 5 acts as a sort of prolongation of the lower end of spout C. The operation of my device is as follows: A large container as 53 may be used for cofl'ee and a small con-. tainer as 55 may'bc used for tea, or vice versa, or a small one may be used for a weak infusion and a large one for a strong infusion. Whichever is to .be used, it is filled and then is slipped into place by passing its loop 52 under one of the springs 50 01151 while the carrier is locked m the, I position shown in Fig. 3. Handle43 is given a twist to allow the carrier and container to rise to the position shown in Fig. i where it is kept until the water in body A is sufiiciently hot or boilin when by means of handle 43 it is depresse and locked preferably inthe position shown in Fig. 1. In this position the hot water is in contact with the coffee or tea and extracts the essence a at 53 thereof. According to the judgment of the operator when. it has remained a sullicient time, handle 43 is turned and the carrier 4:9 is raised gradually through and out of the Water by spring 44 up into the top D as shown in Fig. 4. The enlarged portion 11 is to prevent any water from being spilled over the top by being carried upward by the carrier 42, as when the carrier plate reaches enlarged portion 11 any water carried up by it has more freedom to run around the edges of the carrier back into the pot. If more strength is desired later, the carrier is depressed and the container allowed to remain for an additional period in contact with the water.

Carrier 49 being iniperforate and of almost the same size with the interior of body straight vertical walls, a spout, and a cover,

combined with a tubular guide which extends upward'from the cover and has longitudinal slots, a carrier rod which extends slidably through the cover and into the guide, handle therefor which extends through the slots in the guide, a withdrawing spring, an impertorate carrier plate fixed to the bottom of the carrier rod, one or more clip springs fixed at one end to the carrier plate, and a perforate container having a loop which engages the clip spring.

2. In a tea or coffee pot, -a cylindrical body, a spout which terminates in a goose neck, and a cover, combined with a tubular guide which extends upward vfrom the cover and has longitudinal slots, a carrier rod which extends slidably through the cover and into the guide, a handle therefor which extends through theslots in the guide, a withdrawing spring, an imperforate carrier plate fixed to the bottom of the carrier rod and somewhat smaller than the interior cross section of the body, a' clip spring fixed at one end to the carrier plate, and a perforate container having a loop which engages the clip spring.

3. In a tea or coffee pot, a cylindrical body having near the top an enlarged portion, a spoutwhich terminates in a goose neck, and a cover, combined with a tubular guide which extends upward from'the cover and has longitudinal slots with a plurality of notches, a carrier rod which extends slidably through the cover and into the guide, a handle therefor which extends through the slots in the guide, a withdrawing spring, an imperforate carrier plate fixed to the bottom of the carrier rod and somewhat smaller than the cross sectional area of the in GEORGE LEFEVRE.

. mark Witnesses:

HENRY Racer, Josnrn CHIETIEN. 

